For the first time 16 days, Saskatchewan has reported a COVID-19 related fatality. According to the daily dashboard update, Saskatchewan recorded nine novel coronavirus related deaths on Friday but in fact those nine deaths did not just occur, they were not being reported due to what health officials describe as a data system issue.  This brings the pandemic death toll to 969 in Saskatchewan.

Hospitalizations are the same as Thursday’s report with 215 receiving care in hospital, 23 of which are in the ICU.

When it comes to new cases, the province reported 1,233 new infections Friday. Regina accounted for 302 of the new cases while Saskatoon tallied 285 new infections. The seven-day average for new cases is now at 1,240.

Below are the highlights posted to the Government of Saskatchewan website:

• As of January 21st, there are 1,233 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 106,328 reported cases
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (44), Far North Central (9), Far North East (17), North West (36), North Central (46), North East (37), Saskatoon (285), Central West (20), Central East (97), Regina (302), South West (45), South Central (75), and South East (87) zones and 133 new cases have pending residence information
• Of the 1,233 new cases reported today, 229 were unvaccinated or fewer than 21 days after their first dose, 45 had received their first dose or were less than 21 days from their second dose, 685 were fully vaccinated (more than 14 days since their second dose) and 274 were fully vaccinated and more than 14 days from receiving their booster dose
• 1,173 cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (40), Far North Central (3), Far North East (69), North West (379), North Central (273), North East (16), Saskatoon (111), Central West (32), Central East (50), Regina (125), South West (16), South Central (27), and South East (32) zones.
• 25 SK residents tested out-of-province were added to the Saskatoon (7), Central East (1), Regina (13), South Central (2), and South East (2) zones. Details of additions are included in a one time table included at the end of the report
• Two (2) cases were removed from the Central East (from January 14 (1)), and Regina (from January 15 (1)) zones
• 106,328 cases are confirmed
  • 27,186 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 23,012 cases are from the North area (10,070 North West, 9,573 North Central, 3,369 North East)
  • 22,409 cases are from the Regina area
  • 10,067 cases are from the Far North area (4,762 Far North West, 569 Far North Central, 4,736 Far North East)
  • 13,880 cases are from the South area (2,890 South West, 4,085 South Central, 6,905 South East)
  • 8,343 cases are from the Central area (1,928 Central West, 6,415 Central East)
  • 1,431 cases have pending residence information
• 12,199 cases are considered active and 93,160 cases are considered recovered
• Almost two-fifths (38.3%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
• As of January 21st, a total of 215 individuals are hospitalized, including 192 inpatient hospitalizations and 23 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 215 patients, 71 (33.0%) were not fully vaccinated
• The SHA dashboard includes 215 hospitalizations: 192 residents are inpatient: of those, 88 inpatient hospitalizations are a COVID-19-related illness, 89 are incidental COVID infections and 15 have not yet been determined. 23 residents are in ICUs: of those, 15 are for COVID-19-related illnesses, 7 are for incidental COVID infections and 1 is undetermined
• Nine (9) new deaths reported today. One (1) individual whose death was flagged as COVID-19 previously is no longer flagged, and has been removed from the total. A total of 969 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 0.9%.
• 1,403,443 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of January 18, 2022, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,176,773 tests performed per million. The national rate of 1,450,921 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 1,240 ( 103.0 new cases per 100,000)